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concinnity

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con·cin·ni·ty  (kn-sn-t)
n. pl. con·cin·ni·ties
1. Harmony in the arrangement or interarrangement of parts with respect to a whole.
2. Studied elegance and facility in style of expression: "He has what one character calls 'the gifts of concinnity and concision,' that deft swipe with a phrase that can be so devastating in children" (Elizabeth Ward).
3. An instance of harmonious arrangement or studied elegance and facility.
[From Latin concinnits, from concinnre, to put in order, from concinnus, deftly joined.]
concinnity
harmony or fitness, especially of literary style. — concinnous, adj.
See also: Literary Style


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According to Coates, one of the characteristics of a design--be it of a minivan or a wristwatch--that is pleasing to people is concinnity (pronounced kun-SIN-iti).
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The notion is explored most explicitly in chapter 2, "The concinnity of the arts and the church music controversy," where McColley notes, for example, the role played by chapel windows, music, and liturgy together in inviting meditation (58).
Poetry and Music in Seventeenth-Century England by Bickford Jorgens, Elise / Renaissance Quarterly
The notion is explored most explicitly in chapter 2, "The concinnity of the arts and the church music controversy," where McColley notes, for example, the role played by chapel windows, music, and liturgy together in inviting meditation (58).
In Small Proportions: A Poetics of the English Ayre, 1596-1622 by Bickford Jorgens, Elise / Renaissance Quarterly
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